yammer on
Talk without stopping
To yammer on is to talk at length in a whiny, complaining, or tediously repetitive way: He yammered on about his back problems for twenty minutes.
The phrase emphasizes both the unpleasant quality of the speech and its excessive duration.
Someone who yammers on tests the listener's patience.
- prattleTrivial, prolonged speech
- overshareDisclose inappropriately personal information
- babbleIncoherent speech
- jabberTalk rapidly, incoherently
- droneUnmanned flying machine
go on and on · drone on · chatter · run one's mouth · monopolize · natter · talk someone's ear off · waffle · blab · pontificate · blather · earful · ramble · gab · bend someone's ear · hold forth · whine · rant
verbal conciseness
yammer onget to the point
Speak directly now
cut to the chase · say one's piece · shut up · summarize · condense
silence vs. speech
yammer onshut up
Demand for silence
be silent · keep quiet · hold one's tongue · say nothing · be quiet